CN1983195A - Mounting device, electronic device, method of controlling mounting device, controlling program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Mounting device, electronic device, method of controlling mounting device, controlling program, and recording medium Download PDF

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CN1983195A
CN1983195A CNA2006101670877A CN200610167087A CN1983195A CN 1983195 A CN1983195 A CN 1983195A CN A2006101670877 A CNA2006101670877 A CN A2006101670877A CN 200610167087 A CN200610167087 A CN 200610167087A CN 1983195 A CN1983195 A CN 1983195A
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The invention provides an embedded device, an electronic device, a controlling method, a controlling program for an embedded device and a storage medium. The embedded device, the electronic device, the controlling method, the controlling program for the embedded device and the storage medium prevent a plurality of application programs using a same peripheral equipment at the same time. The embedded device includes an access right setting unit that sets peripheral devices whose use is allowed among peripheral devices connected to the connection unit in each of the application programs, in which the access right setting unit sets the use permission of one peripheral device to only one application program.

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Embedding equipment, electronic equipment, the control method of embedding equipment, control program, recording medium
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of a plurality of application programs that are used for preventing being installed in embedding equipment and visit the technology of a peripherals that can be connected with this embedding equipment simultaneously with freely loading and unloading.
Background technology
In recent years, personal computers etc. constitute: the connection connector based on required standard (for example USB standard or IEEE1394 standard) is set, the various peripherals of connection utilize on the connector thereby can connect at this, and this peripherals comprises external belt type drivers such as input equipments such as keyboard, mouse, CD/DVD driver.In this structure, existence from be installed at least two application programs on the personal computer (below, only be called " application program ") utilize the situation of identical peripheral devices, so need be used for determining to utilize a kind of hardware resource management of this peripherals by which application program.In personal computer, can utilize user interface (being also referred to as UI) to carry out hardware resource management fairly simplely.Specifically, when utilizing input equipments such as keyboard two application programs, make the application program that (promptly is in state of activation) up front in the user interface occupy the utilization of peripherals, basically, control so that in user interface the user use the application program of (or select) preferentially to use this peripherals than other application program.
On the other hand, the computing machine of embedded type is built in the such various device of communication facilitiess such as digital household appliances products such as digital camera and printer, facsimile recorder device and mobile phone (below, be called " embedding equipment ") in recent years.In such embedding equipment,, when utilizing peripherals, can't carry out the management that utilizes user interface as described above for the equipment that does not have user interface.So proposed technology as described below in the past: the platform of being constructed by software (platform) is set between hardware resources such as a plurality of application programs and storer, carries out resource management and carry out control (for example with reference to patent documentation 1) by this platform.
[patent documentation 1] TOHKEMY 2002-82806 communique
But in technology in the past, there is problem as described below: can only manage the hardware resource that sets in advance in embedding equipment, can't manage the such resource of peripherals of syndeton dynamic change.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is in view of the above-mentioned problems and proposes, and its purpose is to provide and can prevents that a plurality of application programs from utilizing control method, control program and the recording medium of the embedding equipment of identical peripheral devices, electronic equipment, embedding equipment simultaneously.
To achieve the above object, the invention provides a kind of embedding equipment, this embedding equipment has: linkage unit, and a plurality of peripherals can be connected with this linkage unit with freely loading and unloading; Program storage unit (PSU), it stores a plurality of application programs, and described a plurality of application program utilizations are connected the peripherals on the described linkage unit; And application execution unit, it carries out described application program, this embedding equipment is characterised in that, described embedding equipment possesses the access rights setup unit, this access rights setup unit is set the peripherals that permission utilizes in the peripherals that is connected on the described linkage unit respectively to described application program, described access rights setup unit is only set the utilization permission of a peripherals and given an application program.
According to the present invention, can be to the peripherals of each application setting permission utilization, and the utilization permission of a peripherals is only set to an application program, so can not have situation about utilizing, can prevent that thus a plurality of application programs from utilizing (visit) identical peripheral devices simultaneously at the identical peripheral devices permission application program more than two.
Herein, in foregoing invention, preferably constitute, described embedding equipment has access permission group storage unit, this access permission group cell stores is divided into one or more groups and the access permission group that constitutes being connected a plurality of peripherals on the described linkage unit, the access permission group that described access rights setup unit is different to each application assigned is only set the utilization permission of a peripherals to an application program.
According to this preferred construction, can in each access permission group, gather a plurality of peripherals, thereby give the access permission of a plurality of peripherals together, so can authorize the access permission of a plurality of peripherals simply to application program to an application program.
And preferably constitute in foregoing invention, described linkage unit has a plurality of connection connectors, and these a plurality of connection connectors connect described peripherals, and described access permission group is that unit sets with described connection connector.
According to this preferred structure, above-mentioned access permission group is that unit sets to connect connector, belongs to 1 peripherals in the access permission group so utilize the user of application program to discern simply, and can discern each access permission group simply.Be connected as peripherals at line concentrator (so-called hub) in addition and connect on the connector, when being connected with a plurality of peripherals on this line concentrator, preferred line concentrator is connected identical the connection on the connector with a plurality of peripherals on being connected this line concentrator.
And preferably constitute in foregoing invention, described embedding equipment has peripherals information and obtains the unit, and this peripherals information obtains the unit at each described application program, obtains the information of the peripherals of this application program utilization of permission.
According to this preferred construction, the application program side can obtain the information of whole peripherals that self can utilize.Even and be connected with under the situation of a plurality of peripherals, owing to can not obtain the information of the unavailable peripherals of application program side, so also can prevent malfunction.
And in foregoing invention, preferably constitute: in described program storage unit (PSU), set in advance a plurality of memory locations, these a plurality of memory locations are stored described each application program respectively independently, the described memory location that described access rights setup unit is stored based on described application program is to the peripherals of this application setting permission utilization.
According to this preferred structure, set the utilization of peripherals according to the memory location of application program and permit, so even identical application program, the distribution that also can change the peripherals of permission utilization by the change memory location simply.
And preferably constitute in foregoing invention: described embedding equipment also has the installation control module, and this installation control module is forbidden the installation of following application program: this application program can be utilized the peripherals of the licensed utilization of application program that has been stored in the described program storage unit (PSU).
According to this preferred construction, can prevent to utilize a plurality of application programs of identical peripheral devices to be mounted reliably, even so under the environment of carrying out a plurality of application programs, do not utilize when can not produce, safely executive utility to identical peripheral devices yet.
And preferably constitute in foregoing invention: described embedding equipment also has the installation control module, this installation control module is under an embargo the execution that is stored in the application program in the described program storage unit (PSU) under the situation that the application program of the peripherals that can utilize the licensed utilization of application program that has been stored in the described program storage unit (PSU) is mounted.
According to this preferred construction, can prevent to carry out simultaneously a plurality of application programs that can utilize identical peripheral devices reliably, even so under the environment of carrying out a plurality of application programs, do not utilize when can not produce, safely executive utility to identical peripheral devices yet.
And can also constitute in this structure: described installation control module is under the situation that the application program of the peripherals that can utilize the licensed utilization of application program that has been stored in the described program storage unit (PSU) is mounted, and unloading has been stored in the application program in the described program storage unit (PSU).
According to this preferred structure, can prevent to utilize a plurality of application programs of identical peripheral devices to be mounted reliably.
And embedding equipment involved in the present invention is built in the electronic equipment to be implemented.
And to achieve the above object, the invention provides a kind of control method that embeds equipment, this embedding equipment has: linkage unit, and a plurality of peripherals can be connected with this linkage unit with freely loading and unloading; Program storage unit (PSU), it stores a plurality of application programs, and described a plurality of application program utilizations are connected the peripherals on the described linkage unit; And application execution unit, it carries out described application program, it is characterized in that, this control method is set the peripherals that permission utilizes in the peripherals that is connected on the described linkage unit respectively to described application program, and when carrying out this setting, the utilization permission of a peripherals is only set to an application program.
And to achieve the above object, the invention provides a kind of control program, it is characterized in that, this control program makes embedding equipment bring into play function as the access rights setup unit, this embedding equipment has: linkage unit, and a plurality of peripherals can be connected with this linkage unit with freely loading and unloading; Program storage unit (PSU), it stores a plurality of application programs, and described a plurality of application program utilizations are connected the peripherals on the described linkage unit; And application execution unit, it carries out described application program, and described access rights setup unit is the unit of described application program being set the peripherals that permission utilizes in the peripherals that is connected on the described linkage unit respectively, and the utilization permission of a peripherals is only set to an application program.
And to achieve the above object, the invention provides a kind of recording medium that has write down the embodied on computer readable of control program, it is characterized in that, this control program makes embedding equipment bring into play function as the access rights setup unit, this embedding equipment has: linkage unit, and a plurality of peripherals can be connected with this linkage unit with freely loading and unloading; Program storage unit (PSU), it stores a plurality of application programs, and described a plurality of application program utilizations are connected the peripherals on the described linkage unit; And application execution unit, it carries out described application program, and described access rights setup unit is the unit of described application program being set the peripherals that permission utilizes in the peripherals that is connected on the described linkage unit respectively, and the utilization permission of a peripherals is only set to an application program.
Control method, control program and recording medium according to embedding equipment involved in the present invention, identical with embedding equipment involved in the present invention, peripherals to each application setting permission utilization, and the utilization permission of a peripherals is only set to an application program, so can not exist the application program of permission more than two to utilize the situation of identical peripheral devices, can prevent that thus a plurality of application programs from utilizing (visit) identical peripheral devices simultaneously.
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Fig. 1 is the figure of the structure of the related network printer of expression embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the block scheme of functional structure of expression control part.
Fig. 3 is the figure that schematically represents the connection state table.
Fig. 4 is the figure that schematically represents access rights setting table.
Fig. 5 is the figure that schematically represents the access rights admin table.
Fig. 6 is the figure that schematically represents other modes of access rights admin table.
Fig. 7 is the process flow diagram that access rights are authorized processing.
Fig. 8 is the process flow diagram of access rights management processing.
Fig. 9 is the process flow diagram that control and treatment is installed.
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1: the network printer (printer); 4: peripherals; 7: application program; 10: control part 13: network interface card 14: flash rom (program storage unit (PSU)); 31: peripherals connecting portion (linkage unit); 35A, 35B: connect connector; 71: access rights are set table; 72: the access rights admin table; 80: catalogue 85: access rights.
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Followingly embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1 is the figure of the schematic configuration of the related network printer (following only be called " printer ") 1 of expression present embodiment.As shown in the drawing, roughly printer 1 has control part 10, print unit 11, expansion slot 12, network interface card 13 and flash memory (flash) ROM14.
Control part 10 is unit of the various piece of maincenter ground control printer 1, and it has: as the CPU20 of arithmetic processor; Storage is by the ROM21 of the control program (so-called firmware (firmware)) of this CPU20 execution; As the workspace of CPU20 performance function, temporarily store the RAM22 of operation result and various data.
Print unit 11 is based on the control of control part 10 and carries out to the unit of the printing of paper used for recording, and it constitutes possesses: the first-class printing of printing (printing) mechanism that not shown paper advance mechanism and general printer have.Expansion slot 12 is located in the printer 1 in being, be used to expand the socket that the circuit of card type of the function of this printer 1 can plug, and above-mentioned network interface card 13 is inserted in this expansion slot 12.
Network interface card 13 has data communication section 30 and peripherals connecting portion 31, has by being laid on the networks such as LAN 2 and other communication terminal (for example personal computer) 3 functions of carrying out the function of data communication and being connected peripherals in the building.That is, above-mentioned data communication section 30 constitutes and has: carry out the network controller 32 of signal Processing and be connected communication interface 33 on the network 2 in wired or wireless mode based on the communication protocol of regulations such as TCP/IP.And, peripherals connecting portion 31 is the unit that are used to connect peripherals such as keyboard, mouse and card reader, for example has according to the accurate connection I/F controller 34 of carrying out signal Processing of USB standard or the calibration of IEEE1394 standard isotactic to be connected connector 35A, 35B with a plurality of (being 2 in illustrated example) as the connector of peripherals 4.
Above-mentioned connection I/F controller 34 has following so-called host function: be connected the information (hereinafter referred to as " facility information ") that connects the peripherals 4 on connector 35A, the 35B by obtaining from each peripherals 4, thereby manage these peripherals 4.
In addition, as shown in Figure 1, with hub (line concentrator) 4A as peripherals 4 be connected connector 35A, 35B and connect, thereby can on connection connector 35A, a 35B, connect a plurality of peripherals 4 by hub 4A, can be connected to become so-called tree-shaped.And, also can use cable etc. that peripherals 4 is connected into pearl string shape, promptly so-called daisy chain (daisy chain) connects.
Flash rom 14 is rewritable nonvolatile memories, stores various application programs.These application records are issued in recording mediums 50 such as for example storage card, perhaps issue, and Fa Bu application program can be installed in the flash rom 14 like this by electrical communication lines such as networks 2.And the control program that is stored among the ROM21 of control part 10 is also the same with application program, constitutes and can issue by electrical communication lines such as recording medium 50 or networks 2, and Fa Bu control program can be installed among the ROM21 like this.
Below, to functional structure of this printer 1, the functional structure to control part 10 describes especially.
Fig. 2 is the functional block diagram of functional structure of expression control part 10.As shown in the drawing, control part 10 constitutes, by carrying out above-mentioned control program, thereby as application program execution portion 60, connection state obtaining section 61, access rights configuration part 62 and Access Management Access portion 63 and the performance function.
Application program execution portion 60 carries out each application program 7A, the 7B that is stored in the flash rom 14 ... the unit of (not needing to be called " application program 7 " under the special situation about distinguishing).In addition, in the following description, each application program 7 is utilized peripherals 4.
Connection state obtaining section 61 obtains from connect I/F controller 34 and is connected the identifying information that connects the peripherals 4 on connector 35A, the 35B, in RAM22, generate connection state table 70, as shown in Figure 3 the identifying information and the corresponding relation that is connected connector 35A, 35B of this connection state table 70 expression peripherals 4.At this moment, be connected with under the situation of a plurality of peripherals 4 on connection connector 35A, 35B by hub 4A, each peripherals 4 on being recorded as hub 4A and being connected this hub 4A in connection state table 70 all is connected on identical connection connector 35A, the 35B.
Access rights configuration part 62 is unit that the application program 7 that is stored in the flash rom 14 is set at the access rights of peripherals 4, as shown in Figure 4, in the present embodiment, the installation site (catalogue) at each application program 7 is set at different access rights mutually.If be described in detail, for flash rom 14, predesignated as the position that is used for set up applications 7 and to be a plurality of (is 3 in illustrated example) catalogue 80a~80c, and set different access rights 85a~85c accordingly with each catalogue 80a~80c.
Promptly, set a permits access (utilization) at the access rights 85a that connects the peripherals 4 that connects on the connector 35A for catalogue 80a, catalogue 80b is set a permits access (utilization) at the access rights 85b that connects the peripherals 4 that connects on the connector 35B, and, catalogue 80c is set permits access (utilization) is connected to the access rights 85c that connects the peripherals 4 on connector 35A and the 35B.In addition, utilize access rights 85a, 85b and access rights 85c exclusively.
Like this, the peripherals 4 that is connected on this printer 1 is that unit divides to connect connector 35A, 35B, and should divide grant access rights 85 at each.In other words, constitute 4 of certain peripherals and belong to access rights 85, authorize each application program 7 different access rights 85, thereby only permit an application program 7 visit (utilization) certain peripherals 4.
The installation site of aforesaid application program, corresponding access rights and the peripherals corresponding relation separately of this access rights permission are stored among the ROM21 in advance as access rights setting table 71 with it.
And, in printer 1, newly installed under the situation of application program 7, table 71 is set based on access rights in access rights configuration part 62, in order to authorize the access rights corresponding with the installation site of this application program 7, and the generation expression application program 7 as shown in Figure 5 and the access rights admin table 72 of the corresponding relation of access rights are stored in this access rights admin table 72 in RAM22 or the flash rom 14.
Access Management Access portion 63 when application program 7 accessed peripheral 4, based on above-mentioned access rights admin table 72, the visit of the peripherals 4 that a licensed application 7 can be visited.
Herein, in the present embodiment, in access rights 85c, set being connected the peripherals 4 that connection connector 35A and 35B go up separately, promptly to being connected the access permission of all peripherals 4 on this printer 1, so under these access rights 85c is awarded situation to application program 7 (being that application program 7 is installed under the situation among the catalogue 80c), visit when forbidding to identical peripheral devices 4, as shown in Figure 6, other application program 7 is unloaded from this printer 1, describes after it.
Below, the action of present embodiment is described.
Fig. 7 authorizes the process flow diagram of processing at the access rights of application program 7 grant access rights.As shown in the drawing, access rights configuration part 62 monitor application under the situation that application program 7 newly has been installed (step S1: be), obtain the catalogue 80 (installation site) (step S2) that this application program 7 is mounted to the new installation of printer.Next, the access rights 85 (step S3) corresponding with the catalogue that is mounted 80 are obtained based on access rights setting table 71 in access rights configuration part 62, and access rights 85 and the application program 7 that obtains is mapped to be registered in the access rights admin table 72.
According to above processing,, thereby can divide the peripherals 4 that can be utilized in the mode that between application program 7, does not have to repeat for each application program 7 is set and the corresponding access rights 85 in its installation site.
Action during next, to application program utilization (visit) peripherals 4 installed as described above describes.
Fig. 8 is the process flow diagram that Access Management Access is handled.It is the processing of being carried out by Access Management Access portion 63 when application program 7 accessed peripheral 4 that this Access Management Access is handled.Specifically, during application program 7 accessed peripheral 4, utilization request from these application program 7 output peripherals 4, when having exported this utilization request from application program 7 (step S10: be), can Access Management Access portion 63 carry out ensuing processing in order to judge application program 7 utilize this peripherals 4.
That is, Access Management Access portion 63 determines the access rights 85 of application program 7 based on above-mentioned access rights admin table 72, and based on these access rights 85, obtains the guide look (step S11) of the peripherals 4 that this application program 7 can visit from connection state table 70.Like this by constituting the guide look that obtains the peripherals 4 that application program 7 can visit, even there are being a plurality of peripherals 4 to be connected under the situation on the printer 1, can each application program 7 be also only known utilizable peripherals 4 in the scope of access rights, so can discern the peripherals 4 that utilize expectation simply in application program 7 sides.
Next Access Management Access portion 63 judges whether the peripherals 4 of this request is included in the guide look of the peripherals 4 that can visit (step S12), under situation about comprising (step S12: be), permission is from the utilization (visit) (step S13) of application program 7 to the peripherals 4 of this request.Its result, application program 7 utilize peripherals 4 to realize various services (step S14).
On the other hand, in the result of the judgement of step S12 is that the peripherals 4 of this request is not included in that (step S12: not), Access Management Access portion 63 forbids from the utilization of 7 pairs of peripherals 4 of this application program (visit) (step S15) under the situation in the guide look of the above-mentioned peripherals that can visit 4.
According to above processing, each application program 7 is only to utilize the peripherals 4 corresponding with access rights 85, and, the utilization of disable access authority 85 extraneous peripherals 4, so each application program 7 can be under situation about not being subjected to from the influence of other application programs 7, utilize the peripherals 4 in the scope of access rights 85.
The possibility that the peripherals 4 that exists this application program 7 peripherals 4 that utilizes and the application program 7 of having installed to utilize repeats, newly is being installed under the situation of application program 7 to printer 1 herein.Therefore, in the present embodiment, when application program 7 is newly installed, by carrying out the installation control and treatment of following explanation, thereby prevent from repeatedly to install the application program 7 of utilizing identical peripheral devices 4.
Fig. 9 is the process flow diagram of above-mentioned installation control and treatment.As shown in the drawing, when having the installation request of new application program 7 (step S20: be), the installation site (step S21) of this new application program 7 is obtained in access rights configuration part 62, sets the definite access rights 85 (step S22) corresponding to this installation site of table 71 based on access rights.Next, guide look (step S23) according to these access rights 85 utilizable peripherals 4 is obtained based on connection state table 70 in access rights configuration part 62, and extract the application program 7 that in the application program 7 of having installed, can utilize the peripherals 4 in the guide look that is included in peripherals 4, thereby obtain application program guide look (step S24).
And, access rights configuration part 62 judges whether the application program guide look that obtains is empty (step S25) in step S24, (step S25: not) when non-NULL, the peripherals 4 that utilizes between application program 7 of having installed and the application program 7 that will newly install repeats, so for fear of this repetition, the application program 7 that unloading has been installed, promptly be present in the application program 7 (step S26) in the application program guide look, and from the application program guide look, delete unloaded application program 7 (step S27).And in order to unload registered next application program 7 in the application program guide look, access rights configuration part 62 turns back to step S25 with treatment step.
And, in the result of the judgement of step 25 are application program guide looks when empty (step S25: be), the peripherals 4 that utilizes between application program 7 of having installed and the application program 7 that will newly install does not produce repetition, so the new application program 7 (step S28) of access rights configuration part 62 installations.
According to above processing, in printer 1 during new set up applications 7, when the peripherals 4 of this application program 7 peripherals 4 that utilizes and application program 7 utilizations of having installed repeats, the application program 7 that unloading has been installed is so can prevent from can utilize in printer 1 a plurality of application programs 7 of identical peripheral devices 4 to be installed in the printer 1 reliably.
And also can constitute: before the application program 7 that unloading has been installed, to this situation of user notification, thereby the user can select whether to unload the application program 7 of having installed, i.e. newly whether selection set up applications 7.
Such as described above, according to present embodiment, in order to prevent to permit plural application program 7 to utilize the situation of identical peripheral devices 4, access rights configuration part 62 is only set the utilization permission of a peripherals 4 and is given an application program 7, utilizes (visit) identical peripheral devices 4 simultaneously so can prevent a plurality of application programs 7 reliably.In other words, the application program 7 that is mounted can be used the peripherals 4 corresponding with the access rights that are awarded 85 reliably.
And, according to present embodiment, constituting to connect connector 35A, 35B is that unit sets access rights (access permission group) 85, and distributes different access rights 85 for each application program 7, thereby the utilization of a peripherals 4 is permitted that only an application program 7 is given in setting.Thus, can give the access rights 85 of a plurality of peripherals 4 together to an application program 7.
In addition, because access rights 85 are that unit sets to connect connector 35A, 35B, so utilize the user of application program 7 can discern the peripherals 4 that belongs to each access rights 85 simply.
And according to present embodiment, can obtain the information of these application program 7 utilizable peripherals 4 at each application program 7, so application program 7 sides can only obtain information whole of self utilizable peripherals 4, even and under the situation that is connected with a plurality of peripherals 4, application program 7 sides can not obtain the information of unavailable peripherals 4, thereby can prevent malfunction.
And according to present embodiment, set in advance and be used for respectively a plurality of catalogues (memory location) 80 of application storing 7 individually, catalogue 80 corresponding to application program 7 is set access rights 85, even so identical application program 7 also can change the distribution of the peripherals 4 of permission utilization simply by change catalogue 80.
And according to present embodiment, in printer 1 under the situation of new set up applications 7, when peripherals 4 repetitions that this application program 7 peripherals 4 that utilizes and the application program 7 of having installed are utilized, the application program 7 that unloading has been installed is so can prevent from can utilize in printer 1 a plurality of application programs 7 of identical peripheral devices 4 to be installed in the printer 1 reliably.
And above-mentioned embodiment is only represented the embodiment of a mode of the present invention, can at random be out of shape and use within the scope of the invention.
For example constitute in the above-described embodiment: in printer 1 under the situation of new set up applications 7, when peripherals 4 repetitions that this application program 7 peripherals 4 that utilizes and the application program 7 of having installed are utilized, the application program 7 that unloading has been installed, but be not limited thereto.
That is, also can constitute the installation of forbidding new application program 7, perhaps also can constitute: the sign etc. of the execute permission/forbid of expression application program 7 is set, the sign of the application program 7 of having installed be set for forbidden execution.
And for example in the above-described embodiment, as an embodiment illustration that embeds equipment printer 1, but be not limited thereto, for example also applicable in the electronic equipments such as facsimile recorder and projector.
In addition, in the above-described embodiment, illustration the control part 10 of printer 1 as the structure of embedding equipment performance function, but be not limited thereto, can certainly constitute: what make network interface card 13 for example connects I/F controller 34 as embedding equipment performance function involved in the present invention, and application programs 7 is given access rights 85.And preferably constitute in this case: the flash rom 14 of the application program 7 of memory by using peripherals 4 is arranged in the network interface card 13.
In such structure, only by network interface card 13 is inserted on the printer 1, need not the control program of printer 1 is applied change especially, just can carry out the management of peripherals 4, in addition, various application programs 7 can be installed also.Particularly use the present invention by the device that can be built in network interface card 13 grades in the electronic equipment with freely loading and unloading, thereby even in the management of peripherals 4, do not use user interface, also can be reliably and realize the management of peripherals 4 simply.

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1. embedding equipment, this embedding equipment has: linkage unit, a plurality of peripherals can be connected with this linkage unit with freely loading and unloading; Program storage unit (PSU), it stores a plurality of application programs, and described a plurality of application program utilizations are connected the peripherals on the described linkage unit; And application execution unit, it carries out described application program, it is characterized in that,
Described embedding equipment possesses the access rights setup unit, and this access rights setup unit is set the peripherals that permission utilizes in the peripherals that is connected on the described linkage unit respectively to described application program,
And described access rights setup unit is only set the utilization permission of a peripherals and is given an application program.
2. embedding equipment according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described embedding equipment has access permission group storage unit, and this access permission group cell stores is divided into one or more groups and the access permission group that constitutes being connected a plurality of peripherals on the described linkage unit
The access permission group that described access rights setup unit is different to each application assigned is only set the utilization permission of a peripherals to an application program.
3. embedding equipment according to claim 2 is characterized in that, described linkage unit has a plurality of connection connectors, and these a plurality of connection connectors connect described peripherals,
Described access permission group is that unit sets with described connection connector.
4. according to each described embedding equipment in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, described embedding equipment has peripherals information and obtains the unit, and this peripherals information obtains the unit at each described application program, obtains the information of the peripherals of this application program utilization of permission.
5. according to each described embedding equipment in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that set in advance a plurality of memory locations in described program storage unit (PSU), these a plurality of memory locations are stored described each application program respectively independently,
The described memory location that described access rights setup unit is stored based on described application program is to the peripherals of this application setting permission utilization.
6. according to each described embedding equipment in the claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that, described embedding equipment also has the installation control module, and this installation control module is forbidden the installation of following application program: this application program can be utilized the peripherals of the licensed utilization of application program that has been stored in the described program storage unit (PSU).
7. according to each described embedding equipment in the claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that, described embedding equipment also has the installation control module, this installation control module is under an embargo the execution that is stored in the application program in the described program storage unit (PSU) under the situation that the application program of the peripherals that can utilize the licensed utilization of application program that has been stored in the described program storage unit (PSU) is mounted.
8. electronic equipment, this electronic equipment has each described embedding equipment in the claim 1 to 7.
9. control method that embeds equipment, this embedding equipment has: linkage unit, a plurality of peripherals can be connected with this linkage unit with freely loading and unloading; Program storage unit (PSU), it stores a plurality of application programs, and described a plurality of application program utilizations are connected the peripherals on the described linkage unit; And application execution unit, it carries out described application program,
It is characterized in that,
This control method is set the peripherals that permission utilizes in the peripherals that is connected on the described linkage unit respectively to described application program, and when carrying out this setting, the utilization permission of a peripherals is only set to an application program.
10. a control program is characterized in that, this control program makes embedding equipment bring into play function as the access rights setup unit, and this embedding equipment has: linkage unit, and a plurality of peripherals can be connected with this linkage unit with freely loading and unloading; Program storage unit (PSU), it stores a plurality of application programs, and described a plurality of application program utilizations are connected the peripherals on the described linkage unit; And application execution unit, it carries out described application program,
And described access rights setup unit is the unit of described application program being set the peripherals that permission utilizes in the peripherals that is connected on the described linkage unit respectively, and the utilization permission of a peripherals is only set to an application program.
11. recording medium that has write down the embodied on computer readable of control program, it is characterized in that, this control program makes embedding equipment bring into play function as the access rights setup unit, and this embedding equipment has: linkage unit, and a plurality of peripherals can be connected with this linkage unit with freely loading and unloading; Program storage unit (PSU), it stores a plurality of application programs, and described a plurality of application program utilizations are connected the peripherals on the described linkage unit; And application execution unit, it carries out described application program,
And described access rights setup unit is the unit of described application program being set the peripherals that permission utilizes in the peripherals that is connected on the described linkage unit respectively, and the utilization permission of a peripherals is only set to an application program.
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